Canadian Aid is NOT Reaching the People of Haiti: Vancouver-Based Organization Uses a New Approach

1. Canadian Aid is NOT Reaching the People of Haiti:
Vancouver-Based Organization Uses a New Approach
Sawa Global www.sawaglobal.org
Sawa Global travelled to Haiti in April.
They filmed 3 local heroes (Sawa
Heroes) that found their own solutions
to rebuild their communities.
Haitian Heroes want to partner
directly with the world!
May 17 -2010. For Immediate Release -30-

2. Local Heroes in Haiti Found their Own Solutions:
Canadians Can Directly Connect and Help
Sawa Hero - Haiti Facts
Eder Romeus
Handicapped since the age of 3.
Using art, he has transformed
the lives of close to 200 people
living with disabilities in his
community.
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Video (click photo or link) Eder wants to connect with
organizations that support income
opportunities for disabled youth
and adults.
He lives in a small shack with no
running water or electricity and
helped over 70 handicapped people
http://sawaglobal.org/users/eder-romeus after the earthquake.

3. Local Heroes in Haiti Found their Own Solutions:
Canadians Can Directly Connect and Help
Sawa Hero - Haiti
Marie Lucie Mentor Facts
Has supported over 800 families
that are living with HIV/ AIDS
through education and support
programs.
People with HIV/ AIDS from Haiti
are disenfranchised from the
community.
Video (click photo or link) Connect
Marie Lucie is looking for help to
lease a large piece of land.
She wants to relocate 120 people
that are HIV postive that live in the
tent camps as a result of the
earthquake. Young girls from the age
http://sawaglobal.org/users/marie-lucie-mentor
of 8 are being gang raped in the
camps.

4. Local Heroes in Haiti Found their Own Solutions:
Canadians Can Directly Connect and Help
Sawa Hero - Haiti Facts
Joseph Philippe
Empowered over 200,000 people
in rural Haiti and planted half a
million trees.
He is also the Founder of a
microcredit bank with 70,000
members and 42 branches in Haiti.
95% are women borrowers.
Video (click photo or link) Connect
Joseph is looking for volunteer
structural engineers to help design
safe structures for a medical clinic
and schools.
All the buildings that he constructed
in the last 23 years where destroyed
http://sawaglobal.org/users/joseph-philippe
in the earthquake.

5. Sawa Global in Haiti
Contact for interviews
Sawa Global
Amber Robinson: Media Relations
Email: a_robinson@me.com
Phone: 778 888 7292
Vancouver, B.C.